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Saturday, October 11, 2008

VeganMoFo - What's In *Your* Hot Dog?

The spirit of Halloweegan is taking over the blogosphere! Check out Lisa's (Show Me Vegan) Eyeball Martini, and aTxVegnWitch Salad! Pure Halloweegan awesomeness!

So what's with the hot dog title, you ask? We all know how disgusting hot dogs can be (except for veggie dogs). Who knows what kind of mystery meat they put in there, right? In the movie "The Naked Gun," some guy even found a finger in his hot dog. Blergh!

Mwahaha! Ladies and gentlemen, the cute food has left the building! If you find *anything* cute about this, then you should have your brain checked out by a professional. Le gross...

Ha! That's SICK! You've probably seen those butter cookies that look like fingers that are called "witches' fingers". That's what I was going to make. But then I was in the shower last night (for some reason I was thinking about how disgusting hot dogs were whilst I shampooed my hair) when I remembered that unforgettable scene from The Naked Gun. Then it hit me that these Halloweegan fingers had to look like hot dogs in a bun. Gross!

So here's how to make these disgusting-looking, yummy-tasting little treats. The fingers are pretty much the same as the Happy Vegan Ghosts and Pumpkins minus the chocolate (yes, I eat a lot of peanut butter). You will also need oval vanilla cookies, preferably vegan ladyfingers. Round cookies will work too, you will just have to cut them in half.

For the fingers:1/2 cup smooth peanut butter (cold)2 tbsp maple syrup (or other syrup to taste)2 tbsp to 1/4 cup of soy milk or other non-dairy milk1/4 tsp vanillaMix the peanut butter, syrup, and vanilla with an electric mixer. If the peanut butter mix is too dry and difficult to handle mix in the milk by the tablespoon. You don't want it to be too soft and sticky though, just soft enough to handle. It should feel a little like Play-Doh.

Take small chunks off the peanut butter mix and roll them between your hands to form six logs. The logs should be about 3 inches long and 3/4 inches wide.

Take one of your oval cookies (or round cookies cut in half, rounded side up) and gently press the log onto the bottom of the cookie. This will be half of your "hot dog" bun. Take another half and press it on the other side of the log to add the other half of your "bun". Both halves should meet (or come close) at the bottom like on my picture. Repeat with all six logs.

Now to shape the fingers, simply pinch one end of each log to make it more narrow and finger-like.

you are way too talented....i am repulsed yet intrigued all at once....deliciously grotesque....that is a hard combo to deliver nevermind master....kudos...is a vegan allowed to say i want to eat fingers?...well they are now...i want to eat fingers :)